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HILLS</rptOwnerCity><rptOwnerState>MI</rptOwnerState><rptOwnerZipCode>48301</rptOwnerZipCode><rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription></reportingOwnerAddress><reportingOwnerRelationship><isDirector>1</isDirector><isOfficer>0</isOfficer><isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner><isOther>0</isOther></reportingOwnerRelationship></reportingOwner><nonDerivativeTable><nonDerivativeTransaction><securityTitle><value>Common 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Stock</value></underlyingSecurityTitle><underlyingSecurityShares><value>25000</value></underlyingSecurityShares></underlyingSecurity><postTransactionAmounts><sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction><value>0</value></sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction></postTransactionAmounts><ownershipNature><directOrIndirectOwnership><value>D</value></directOrIndirectOwnership></ownershipNature></derivativeTransaction></derivativeTable><footnotes><footnote id="F1">Previously 1,250 of these shares were held indirectly by the reporting person in an account established under the Borders Group, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan.  These shares have been distributed and are now owned directly.</footnote></footnotes><remarks></remarks><ownerSignature><signatureName>Colleen T. Bauman, Attroney in Fact for George R. Mrkonic</signatureName><signatureDate>2003-08-15</signatureDate></ownerSignature></ownershipDocument>

